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Re: The U. S. S. Roderik has been launched!
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lugnet.space, lugnet.build
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Date:
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Tue, 22 Jul 2003 04:39:11 GMT
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In lugnet.space, Trevor Pruden wrote:
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In lugnet.space, Mark Sandlin wrote:
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In lugnet.space, Nathan Wells wrote:
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(buzzcut)
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The landing legs look really wimpy on a ship of this size. I suggest
doubling them up so theyre at least 2-wide... and put some nice big feet on
them.
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The landing gear should be A LOT bigger given the presumed mass of the ship.
But I agree that they should pull into the fuselage. If this is a landing
craft, thent here should be banks of landing thrusters as well for a full
VTOL effect.
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One could keep the wimpy-looking landing gear and instead devise a Higgs Boson
Field Negator, which would cut the percieved mass of the ship tremendously. As
a bonus, it could also allow you to travel at or near c with realistic fuel
expenditures.
Just a thought...
Mike
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| | Re: The U. S. S. Roderik has been launched!
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| (...) I tend to agree...I've really grown to like larger engine areas...and after seeing Dan Jassim's Dragonstar I am pretty much convinced that it can be done properly. For smaller ships, I think Dan's star shuttle is another good example of cases (...) (21 years ago, 22-Jul-03, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build, FTX)
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